When is the next public holiday in the UAE?

We’re thinking what you’re thinking this Monday morning, ‘How is the long weekend over so soon?’. And, if you’re wondering when the next long weekend is, you have come to the right place.

Here, we take a look at the upcoming public holidays – and precious long weekends – to look forward to in the UAE this year.

Our next UAE public holiday is two months away for Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) birthday. Al-Mawlid Al-Nabawi is listed on Friday, September 29, 2023. This means for those of us who have the usual Saturday-Sunday as a weekend, it’s another three day long break.

As in the past, we will have to wait for the official announcement from the UAE authorities. The holiday announcement usually comes a week or so before the day, and we will surely announce it as soon as we get confirmation.

Official holidays remaining in 2023.#UAE_BARQ_EN pic.twitter.com/70CRhMoiug

— UAE BARQ (@UAE_BARQ_EN) April 22, 2023

Following this, we have another long weekend to look forward to at the start of December 2023.

Commemoration Day (previously known as Martyrs’ Day), is marked annually on December 1, which is a Friday in 2023.

Immediately after this, UAE celebrates National Day which falls on December 2 and 3, which is a Saturday and Sunday. This means it will be a three-day weekend for the final long weekend of the year.

Post this, the next public holiday will be in 2024, but we don’t have to wait for long as we will start the New Year off with a public holiday on January 1. It falls on a Monday, which once again means we will enjoy a long three-day weekend.

Stay tuned to whatson.ae for the official announcements. 

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